• Tropical Storm Henri makes landfall in Rhode Island

    Tropical Storm Henri makes landfall in Rhode Island

    Aug 22, 2021 08:06 PM EDT

    While the wind was significant in certain areas, experts warned that the storm’s biggest threat likely will come from storm surge and inland flooding, caused by what are expected to be heavy and sustained rains. Some of the highest rain totals were expected inland. Some communities in central New ...

  • 2 dead, 20 missing in North Carolina county flooded by Tropical Storm Fred

    2 dead, 20 missing in North Carolina county flooded by Tropical Storm Fred

    Aug 19, 2021 07:44 PM EDT

    ... remnants of Tropical Storm Fred said Thursday that two people have been found dead and about 20 were unaccounted for. Meanwhile, Fred — now a post-tropical cyclone — was pushing through New York and New England with drenching rains, and Tropical Storm Henri was sending dangerous waves onto East Coast beaches ...

  • Desperation, pressure for aid increase in Haiti after earthquake, tropical storm

    Desperation, pressure for aid increase in Haiti after earthquake, tropical storm

    Aug 18, 2021 11:56 PM EDT

    ... years by ever-stronger cyclical droughts and soil erosion. Support for adapting farming practices to the new climate reality — with less reliable rainfall and more tropical storms — is vital, she said. Etzer Emile, a Haitian economist and professor at Quisqueya University, a private institution in the capital of Port-au ...

  • News Wrap: Tropical Storm Grace batters Haiti after deadly earthquake

    News Wrap: Tropical Storm Grace batters Haiti after deadly earthquake

    Aug 17, 2021 10:40 PM EDT

    Judy Woodruff: The earthquake has left more than 30,000 families displaced from their homes. Tropical Storm Grace is powering up again after crossing Haiti, and forecasters say it will grow into a hurricane as it heads for Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. Meanwhile, the remnants of Tropical Storm Fred spawned ...

  • Tropical storm drenching earthquake-stricken Haiti

    Tropical storm drenching earthquake-stricken Haiti

    Aug 17, 2021 01:15 PM EDT

    Heavy rain from Tropical Storm Grace forced a temporary halt Tuesday to the Haitian government's response to the deadly weekend earthquake, feeding the growing anger and frustration among thousands who were left homeless.

  • Tropical Storm Elsa carves destructive path up East Coast

    Tropical Storm Elsa carves destructive path up East Coast

    Jul 08, 2021 01:21 PM EDT

    The storm complicated the search for potential survivors and victims in the collapse of a Miami-area condominium on June 24. Regardless, crews continued the search in the rubble of Champlain Towers South in Surfside, Florida, on the state's southeast coast. The storm also temporarily halted demolition Wednesday on ...

  • Tropical Storm Elsa weakens, spares Florida of major damage

    Tropical Storm Elsa weakens, spares Florida of major damage

    Jul 07, 2021 01:32 PM EDT

    ... of North Carolina and Virginia from Duck, North Carolina to Chincoteague, Virginia, and for the Chesapeake Bay south of New Point Comfort. In Georgia, a tropical storm warning was posted along the portion of the coast of Brunswick, with the National Hurricane Center saying tropical storm conditions with sustained winds ...

  • Tropical Storm Elsa gaining strength, lashing Florida Keys

    Tropical Storm Elsa gaining strength, lashing Florida Keys

    Jul 06, 2021 12:35 PM EDT

    ... expected to make a swift passage Wednesday. Forecasters predicted Elsa would hit coastal Georgia and South Carolina after Florida. Georgia's coast was under a tropical storm watch, as was much of the South Carolina coast. Forecasters said tornadoes could strike in the eastern Carolinas and Virginia as Elsa moves ...

  • Tropical Storm Elsa headed to landfall on central Cuba coast

    Tropical Storm Elsa headed to landfall on central Cuba coast

    Jul 05, 2021 01:42 PM EDT

    HAVANA (AP) — Tropical Storm Elsa swept along Cuba's southern coast early Monday, and forecasters said it could make landfall on the island's central shore by midafternoon. By Sunday, Cuban officials had evacuated 180,000 people as a precaution against the possibility of heavy flooding from a storm that ...

  • Cuba evacuates 70,000 as Tropical Storm Elsa approaches

    Cuba evacuates 70,000 as Tropical Storm Elsa approaches

    Jul 04, 2021 05:37 PM EDT

    HAVANA — Cuba evacuated 70,000 people along the island’s southern region on Sunday amid fears that Tropical Storm Elsa could unleash heavy flooding after battering several Caribbean islands, killing at least three people. The Cuban government had opened shelters and moved to protect sugarcane and cocoa crops ahead of ...